Prickett, do you, or someone else have a link to that sticky?
I'd like to take a look and maybe add to it.
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Hopefully this is the correct thread for this question. I figured my problem was too common for its own thread. I'm having problems with some colors. White, orange, and yellow. The powder sticks, but is blotchy and looks terrible. Here are yellow bullets after baking:
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I' using S&B, and standing them individually. Here they are before baking:
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I would blame my technique, but other colors come out fine. Here is the same bullet in green:
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Any idea what the cause is?
Its not you, some colors just do that. Good news is that you can mix it with another color adn the problem goes away. In my case I want it to work, I don't care what the color is unless I am using copper color (for fake jacketed bulets) or clear (for fake noncoated bullets). Any other color can be whatever I get.
Mix any colors enough and you will eventually get brown. Jokes from that are what made me try copper & clear (with success).
I can cast bore-rider lead bullets that work. I can buy bullets from Missouri bullet company that look like my cast lead, only powdercoated, and those work. But those are swaged, I can't get that in a mold,
If I powdercoat mine the bore-rider portion will not go in as it has become too large to fit the bore. I have seen posts where people try to powdercoat only half the bullet, and videos where someone is sizing just the Ogive. I want a bullet that I can powdercoat normally right out of the mold. But as far as I can tell there is not enough of a demand for anyone to produce such a thing.
Great success with Smoke4320's blue.
Dremeled Lee 8gram TC 9mm mold; now 8.5gram TC mold.
Method:
1) tumble 8 mins in an old Vihtavuori powder bottle. 4 fistfulls of bullets, 1 teaspoon of powder.
2) bake in a mesh basket for 8-12 minutes. You have to try to find the sweetspot because of air moisture and things.
3) great victory
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SaltyDog You will have that issue with bright colors Whites, Yellows, oranges ect.
Best I can explain is its like trying to paint a black wall with one coat of white paint.. Its covered BUT you can see thru all the thin spots.
Now if you dont mind the look as long as you see shiny (that the base of clear shining) and Not dull lead It will shoot just fine
Otherwise yes mix in approx 25 % of another (dark) color or double coat
I am a newby to powder coating and I have a similar problem. I bought a lb of Prismatic Powders Bright Yellow and went to work using S&B and baked for 20 min at 400. The bullets came out with what I call a "frog" pattern which is actually kind of cool looking but definitely not bright yellow. Tried coating twice with the same issue. I can tell that the bullets are completely coated and probably good to shoot but not the color I was looking for. In fact they have kind of a greenish tint. I thought I was doing something wrong but I guess I just made a poor color choice (and maybe brand paint) to start with.Attachment 327321
I cook mine on parchment paper in the toaster oven. I never stand them up and just dump em in the pan. They don't stick together and have complete coverage without any marks where they touch the paper or each other. I water quench straight from the oven. Standing them up to cook is a waste of time. Letting them cool in the oven will cause them to stick together if they are piled up or sometimes just touching.
Does "Smoke" have a website? How do you contact him? Does he do videos?
Smoke is one of the vendors here. Stand up guy. I know the yellow comes from him but I don't think it's any defect in the powder he sells, it just seems to be harder to get a good coating with the bright colors. I don't know if he has any video, but his page here has a lot of pictures.